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Legacy restaurants on Fillmore Street told to vacate by new owners
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Family-run restaurants on San Francisco’s Fillmore Street are facing closure after serving the neighborhood for nearly half a century. Many of them are being told by new landlords that they cannot renew their leases. The owners of sushi restaurant Ten-Ichi say they have a little over a month before they must […]
Joseph Carroll Jr. murder trial: Evidence all in but jury's still out
The murder case of Joseph Carroll Jr., an alleged Berkeley gang member accused of killing three men and trying to kill three others over just two years, is now in the jury’s hands. The backdrop of the violence, the prosecution said, was an ongoing feud between Berkeley's Waterfront gang...
UFC star Cain Velasquez facing decades behind prison bars
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — The fate of former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is now in the hands of a Santa Clara County judge. Last week, Velasquez gave up his right to a jury trial when he pleaded “no contest” to attempted murder and eight additional charges. Prosecutors said the mixed martial arts fighter went […]
Teen dies in Marin County head-on crash Tuesday
(KRON) — A 19-year-old Petaluma resident died Tuesday morning after a head-on crash in the San Geronimo Valley area of Marin County, according to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office. At 8:09 a.m., emergency services received a 9-1-1 report of a head-on vehicle collision on the 440 block of Nicasio Valley Road near Sir Francis Drake […]
Advocates hope interactive maps exploring Sonoma County evictions will shape tenant protection discussions
Where in Sonoma County do renters who are Latino live? How many eviction filings were made in court between 2017 and 2023 in different Sonoma County ZIP codes? What percentage of renter households in neighborhoods that see a high number of evictions are headed by single females? Tenant advocates who hope such data will help convince policy and decision makers to enact new protections for ...
Schiavo gets two education bills to final hurdle
Two bills authored by Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, that would affect educational institutions across California cleared the Senate’s Appropriations Committee last week. Assembly Bills 2999 and 3074, both authored by Schiavo, were given the green light to head to the Senate floor and have now been ordered to be...
Michigan AG Dana Nessel praises Harris for defending same-sex marriage rights
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel praised Vice President Kamala Harris for refusing to defend a California ban on same-sex marriage, and says that Republicans and the justices of the Supreme Court can "pry this wedding band from my cold dead gay hand."
At least 17 states have back-to-school tax holidays. California isn’t one of them. Here’s why
Sarah Shaw has four sons in the Santa Rosa City Schools district ranging from elementary to high school. That’s four backpacks, four new pairs of shoes, four sets of classroom supplies — a grand total of more than $1,000 in back-to-school shopping costs each year. And this year she and other back-to-school shoppers faced some of the highest prices on clothes and supplies in years. “I’ve always ...
Healdsburg winemaker reveals secret behind top-notch Sauvignon Blanc
The Point Fire, which broke out June 16 northwest of Healdsburg and spread quickly in the iconic Dry Creek Valley wine region, forced Quivira Vineyards to evacuate. But winemaker Hugh Chappelle didn’t panic. “From my experience, the longer you’re a winemaker the more relaxed you become,” he said. “After 30-plus vintages, it takes a lot to rattle you and you have experience to draw upon when ...
Sonoma State Convocation Celebrates Academic New Year
"The university is highly valued and is critically important to life in the region and the state. I could not be more excited to be part of what is happening here," said Sonoma State University's Interim President, Dr. Emily Cutrer, during her welcome to SSU students, faculty, and staff at the university’s 2024 Convocation ceremony.
More than a gas station: San Bruno’s Hangry Planet, food truck Vegan Mob hope to fuel Peninsula with plant-based eats and positivity
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At a busy intersection across Tanforan Mall in San Bruno sits Hangry Planet gas station and car wash at 1199 El Camino Real. While some drivers stop by to fuel their vehicles, other customers are drawn in by oddities abound – life-sized merman statues on the roof, assertive posters with phrases like “no animals terrorized here,” and the smell of plant-based barbecue slung out by the green Vegan Mob food truck sitting in the lot. Step inside the store and you’ll find rows of plant-based snacks, beverages, sandwiches and grab-and-go items stocking the shelves.
Donaji, Mexican restaurant on 24th, makes Michelin guide for third straight year
For the last three years, Donaji has been serving a variety of dishes featuring Mexico’s southwestern state of Oaxaca, a cuisine that chef and owner Isai Cuevas described as “complex” and at the same level of European ones. And, for the last three years, Donaji’s Oaxacan cooking...
Mission Hills nursing home faulted over two deaths in less than three months
California regulators faulted a Mission Hills nursing home for violations that played a part in the deaths of two residents in less than three months, potentially putting its license at risk.
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